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I know it’s a shitpost, but man does it feel good to quit. I once had a job I HATED (lumber department at a chronically under-staffed Home Depot where I’d be the only person expected to work both lumber and building materials during the day when contractors were in wanting stuff). One day I was scheduled to close, then scheduled for the morning shift the next day. This meant not getting home until around 11 and then getting up the next morning at 5. Alarm goes off and I just pulled a Peter Gibbens from Office Space. I hit that snooze and went right back to sleep. Woke up a few hours later, loaded a surfboard in my truck and went to the beach. Left to see family for Thanksgiving a couple days later and sent every phone call from my manager straight to voicemail. It was immature, irresponsible, but absolutely liberating.

I think the only time I felt as free was when I ended a rocky five-year relationship.

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SpacePanda@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Lol I did something similar, manager had me work the night shift then told me he wanted me to work morning at end of night shift. Said I can’t do morning on top of the night, he said if you dont come on youre fired, I said ok went home, never went in. Really does feel good man!

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- bstix@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It sounds like your former boss requested you to do a violation of OSHA guidelines.
  
  If it’s in Europe it’s very likely downright illegal.
  
  It’d also be an unjust dismissal and a breach of the termination period, so you could have filed a lawsuit to get compensated.
  
  The most important thing is that you got away from it, but if something like this ever happens again, I would recommend that you contact the union before saying OK to anything. It’s usually better to let the employer fire you for not showing up than to walk away and let them continue to do it to other people. They never learn - until they have to pay for it.
  
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  - SpacePanda@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m in the us we dont have rights here most jobs aren’t union. Now that I’m older I probably could have gotten wrongful termination though.
    
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Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Rage quitting is amazing and so cathartic. I rage quit a job in 2022, but I was nice enough to type out a resignation email.

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- Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You sound like a hoot, what a great resignation!
  
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  - Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    😁 Thanks.
    
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dbtng@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I quit a job as a bouncer in a nightclub when they wanted us to allow some uncool shit. Two middle fingers in the manager’s face. It was awesome. Quite liberating. I had another job inside of a week.

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